tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post8850260643473413197..comments2024-01-30T13:57:40.271+11:00Comments on LoveCats DownUnder: Welcome Leisl Leighton with her Debut Novel and GiveawayAlly Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17352564320902831489noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-2767890103616246102013-07-09T21:57:17.272+10:002013-07-09T21:57:17.272+10:00Thanks Michelle and Rachel. I'm glad you liked...Thanks Michelle and Rachel. I'm glad you liked the excerpt. Music helps bring back really visceral memories, I think. John Denver has such beautiful, simple melodies with very poetic lyrics that are always about love (love of another, love of country, love of self). So, great messages there as well as memories. And Michelle, when I mention tapes and vinyl records to my children, they think I'm talking about something from the dark ages, yet, it really wasn't that long ago that was how music came to us. The Beach Boys are classic and always make me think of summer. <br />Thanks for sharing your music memories with me.Leisl Leightonhttp://www.leislleighton.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-64830580280642773982013-07-09T19:26:28.803+10:002013-07-09T19:26:28.803+10:00Leisl, thanks for coming to visit us at the LoveCa...Leisl, thanks for coming to visit us at the LoveCats! It's great to have you here. :)<br /><br />That excerpt is gorgeous (though you know I'm too much of a fraidy cat to read a whole rom-sus book...).<br /><br />I have really strong memories of Mum playing John Denver when I was little, and his songs still take me back to those early years. Love them!Rachel Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08200504088343160284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-56559954711742719802013-07-09T13:38:38.254+10:002013-07-09T13:38:38.254+10:00Fab excerpt, Leisl, and congratulations on the rel...Fab excerpt, Leisl, and congratulations on the release of Killing Me Softly :-)<br /><br />Songs are fabulous for taking us back, aren't they? I remember when I was a kid I'd help my dad record tapes (remember those?) for our annual summer holiday trek 3 hours north. Whenever I hear the Beach Boys or Jan and Dean it takes me straight back to those days. And I still love daggy 60s and 70s music because of it (guess who inherited all the old vinyl?) :-)Michelle Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07748538761711892080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-63467708540704653332013-07-08T23:31:36.642+10:002013-07-08T23:31:36.642+10:00Hi Sharon,
Thanks for having me as a guest here. I...Hi Sharon,<br />Thanks for having me as a guest here. It's a thrill. I love Mental as Anything, and that song is so poignant. That band had this whole crazy vibe going, but they really knew how to get to the heart of an emotion. I can understand why 'If you leave me' has special meaning to you - it does for so many people.<br />All these comments just remind me how great Aussie music really is. :)<br />Leisl Leightonhttp://www.leislleighton.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-38427731283670558592013-07-08T23:28:02.215+10:002013-07-08T23:28:02.215+10:00Oh, Jen, what a great song (and of course your hus...Oh, Jen, what a great song (and of course your husband wanted that song to express how he felt about you). Songs are such a great way of expressing feelings that we can't express with words. Leisl Leightonhttp://www.leislleighton.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-8785513401625978202013-07-08T23:26:13.727+10:002013-07-08T23:26:13.727+10:00Oh, Amy, you lovely lady, I am much older than I l...Oh, Amy, you lovely lady, I am much older than I look. I was a teen in the eighties - eighties music is the soundtrack to my hormonal and angst ridden teen memories. We most definitely did sing Cindy Lauper on the train on the way home from school. I liked Cold Chisel, but INXS was my go to band when I felt the need to emote (in teen speak, that's cry over nothing in particular, just because!)<br />There are songs from every decade that have meaning for me and each are as special as the other. Thanks for sharing yours (and thanks for buying my book!)Leisl Leightonhttp://www.leislleighton.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-73113943447045059402013-07-08T20:29:44.622+10:002013-07-08T20:29:44.622+10:00Leisl no way are you old enough to have sung Girls...Leisl no way are you old enough to have sung Girls Just Wanna Have Fun on the school bus! Must have been having a cool-chick retro moment, huh? ;-)<br /><br />I have a whole album that instantly takes me back to Schoolies week. Billy Joel's "The Bridge" was out that year (1986) and we played it over and over - This Is The Time To Remember particularly. I was falling in love with my husband at the time so it will always have fond memories for me :-)<br /><br />I've always loved Cold Chisel's Flame Trees. For years my favourite of theirs was Khe San but in more recent times I've come to appreciate the aching nostalgia of Flame Trees. It reminds me of going home and I always hear it playing in my head when I drive back into the town where I grew up. Except now the anonymous "her" in the "never say her name" is my Mum. <br />Songs are incredibly powerful emoters (is that a word???) which seems to very much be a theme of your book and for that alone I'm off to buy it :-) Amy Andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12690419732247281048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-55967010181477390452013-07-08T18:51:12.513+10:002013-07-08T18:51:12.513+10:00I love that excerpt, Leisl.
My husband, being a ...I love that excerpt, Leisl. <br /><br />My husband, being a bit of a muso, insisted he pick our wedding song. Well...it was 'You Sexy Thing' by Hot Chocolate. It was so funny. It was played by this disco band all dressed up in seventies outfits. It was such a blast!Jennifer St Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15115014191040562984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-87945270596218957542013-07-08T18:27:41.086+10:002013-07-08T18:27:41.086+10:00Congratulations, Leisl! It's lovely to have t...Congratulations, Leisl! It's lovely to have to visit on the LoveCats. <br /><br />Love your excerpt from Killing Me Softly - I can image how intense it would be to have someone come in and play a piece of music that you were composing. If they did it badly you'd feel crushed and if they did it well I imagine you'd feel as though you'd lost little bit of control over your song.<br /><br />Songs/music are really strong memory pegs, aren't they! My dh and I got together when Mental as Anything came out with If You Leave Me Can I Come Too! We both have a very soft spot for that song!Sharon Archerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06836969154744451542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-21614664733658182972013-07-08T17:34:23.301+10:002013-07-08T17:34:23.301+10:00Thanks for the congrats, Nas. Do you have a favour...Thanks for the congrats, Nas. Do you have a favourite song that means something to you?Leisl Leightonhttp://www.leislleighton.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-6636476742659242952013-07-08T17:20:02.970+10:002013-07-08T17:20:02.970+10:00Waving back, Tina.
Thanks for the congrats. I love...Waving back, Tina.<br />Thanks for the congrats. I love Disney songs. A Part Of This World from The Little Mermaid is the song I used to sing to my son when he was in the hospital (he was born 9 weeks prem). It always helped to calm him.Leisl Leightonhttp://www.leislleighton.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-82687371168251345222013-07-08T17:05:07.913+10:002013-07-08T17:05:07.913+10:00Waving to Jen & Leisl...
I love the Disney so...Waving to Jen & Leisl...<br /><br />I love the Disney song - Once Upon A Dream from Sleeping Beauty - we had it played by the band as our wedding dance... it brings back great memories and always makes me smile.<br /><br />Congrats again Leisl! Wahoooo!!!!<br /><br />Bye 4 now<br />Tian<br /><br />Tina Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04523915072861591464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-65950827763096259992013-07-08T12:30:19.649+10:002013-07-08T12:30:19.649+10:00Annie, Girls just wanna have fun is such a great s...Annie, Girls just wanna have fun is such a great song and brings back memories for me too - singing it at the top of my voice with my friends on the train home from school for one.Leisl Leightonhttp://www.leislleighton.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-61480345384826613662013-07-08T10:28:38.478+10:002013-07-08T10:28:38.478+10:00Congratulations on the release Leisl!
It sounds ...Congratulations on the release Leisl! <br /><br />It sounds so awesome! <br /><br />All the best!<br /><br />NasRomance Book Paradisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05777481763841085320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-58358750216452200882013-07-08T09:34:51.872+10:002013-07-08T09:34:51.872+10:00That's a great excerpt from the book and I was...That's a great excerpt from the book and I was fortunate to hear Leisl read it at her launch. Congratulations on the release, Leisl!Louise Reynoldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14564310211599237825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-89572797208869318882013-07-08T09:20:04.834+10:002013-07-08T09:20:04.834+10:00Leisl, congratulations on your release. You had me...Leisl, congratulations on your release. You had me hooked when I read it was a romantic suspense set in the north of England! They sound such intriguing characters from the snippet I just read.<br /><br />Isn't it fascinating how songs take us back instantly to a time or place or event? A bit like scent. When I hear Cyndi Lauper's 'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun' I'm instantly reminded of a brilliant time in my life when my husband an I had moved into one of our first places together. It was tinged with sadness too because of a family loss. Overall though it makes me grin, remembering.Annie Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16804740491737358014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-38929057531953477862013-07-08T07:20:59.701+10:002013-07-08T07:20:59.701+10:00Nice interview. "say a little prayer for you&...Nice interview. "say a little prayer for you"<br /><br />bn100candg at hotmail dot combn100noreply@blogger.com